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beaverfan
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Saturday I had my girlfriend drop me off out in the woods in the Wilson, the plan was she was gonna come pick me up the next day and we'd head to the beach for fireworks. I got camp set up and hit the water about 6:30 and fished till about 9 with little success which was a stark contrast to how the fishing had been. As of last Tuesday they were trout everywhere, you couldn't keep them OFF your line. I caught a few decent fish but overall it was slow. I went to bed early and woke up at 4 to twist up a couple spinners and then hit the water. It started OFF like the previous evening, very slow. By about 8:30 or 9 I had worked my way upstream a few hundred yards to a nice little spot. I fished for about 20 min and then took a little break and tied on a different spinner. On the second or third cast I was watching my spinner bounce OFF the rocks on the bottom when all of a sudden a pod of about 5 or 6 Steelhead dart over to my spinner and the lead fish just inhales my spinner. Nice long fight on my UL, the best part was this insane jump! He jumped up so high that he was just about level with my head! So I bonk and bleed it and sit down for a bit hoping the rest of the fish would be just as aggressive as this fish. After about 20 minutes had gone by I decide to start fishing again. I cast out in the same spot and low and behold no more than 3 seconds after my lure hit the water I hooked into about a 7 or 8lb native hen. About a half hour later I hooked into a third fish out of the same hole, unfortunately for me I'm an idiot and forgot to loosen my drag a bit after snagging and breaking OFF the previous cast. All in all it was a great morning! I left my phone in camp so I couldn't get a pic of the second fish.
Oh and I'm pretty sure I broke my toe.
Oh and I'm pretty sure I broke my toe.
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